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Workshop April 10 – Sign up nowSign up now for this wonderful workshop at the Albuquerque Botanic Garden with Jim Barrett. A master from Pasadena, CA, Jim has been a featured speaker at many bonsai conventions and clubs and has worked for many bonsai associations. He is a past president of Bonsai Clubs International, the first president of Golden State Bonsai [...]
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About The Albuquerque Bonsai Club
The Albuquerque Bonsai Club began in January 1975. By 1979, it had grown, and the first Bonsai master, Ben Oki, was invited to conduct a bonsai workshop. Since then, other Bonsai masters have presented workshops in Bonsai culture in Albuquerque. Other Masters, including John Naka, Chase Rosade, Jim Barrett, Hal Sasake, Toshio Subaromaru, Mel Ikeda, Ray Nagatoshi,and Ernie Kuo have visited Albuquerque and enriched the club members knowledge of Bonsai.
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The next club meeting is Saturday March 6th. However instead of our usual meeting location we will be meeting at Plant World at 9am. From there, if desired, we will head to Plants of the Southwest and then onto Osuna Nursery. The objective is to hopefully acquire some of the ... Read More...
In Focus
Bonsai In New Mexico – By Roger CaseI first became interested in bonsai in 1969 after attending the Japanese Obon Festival in Monterey, California, where there was a display of what I believed to be a wonderful group of bonsai. I was hooked, and followed up with a visit to a local bonsai nursery. But this was before I [...]
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2010 John Y. Naka AwardEntries for the American Bonsai Society award to a North American bonsai artist for 2010 must be submitted by March 1, 2010. Go to www.absbonsai.org/NakaAward.html. for contest information.
There is no doubt that members of this Club should be competing for this award.
Monthly Care
March – The Trickiest Month?This is a tricky month. The average high temperature is 59 degrees, and the average low is 32 degrees. The record high is 85 degrees and record low 9 degrees. The average humidity is 38%. The winds are picking up, and we can get very strong gusts. Winds have been clocked at 60 MPH. Keep [...]
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